A funny little tale of Earthxit in point and click adventure Her Majesty's Spiffing

Her Majesty’s Spiffing is a point and click adventure for fans of British comedy like Faulty Towers, Monty Python, and The Young Ones. It’s wacky in all the right ways while remaining a fun to play adventure game.

Assuming command of the near futuristic space ship HMSS Imperialise and her crew (distinguished veteran and gentleman Captain Frank Lee English and Aled, his mild-mannered South Walean colleague) YOU will venture into the cosmos, solving puzzles, engaging in witty banter, deal with crippling claustrophobia, gradually succumb to the sustained exposure of cosmic radiation and so on, all for Queen and Country.

Thumb Run is now Cosmo Race - And it's still a load of fun

A few months ago we wrote about Thumb Run. It recently disappeared from the App Store with no explanation given. Turns out it was purchased by Nanoo and has now been updated and re-released as Cosmo Race. More from the game description:

Run in any direction you like! It’s a race between 6 cosmonauts! Run towards the ultimate victory every week.

Features
– Race among 6 cosmonauts
– Play against online players worldwide
– Take any route towards the checkpoints
– Use special items for upset wins
– Participate in weekly seasonal rankings

[Sponsor] Here's everything you need to know about the latest update to MU Origin

We’d like to thank our sponsor for this week, MU Origin from Webzen. The latest update for the Korean Developer’s MMORPG MU Origin has added some exciting new content to the epic real-time adventure. Ever fancied teaming up with up to 100 other players for a massive PvP battle? Well you’re in luck then.

Battlefield of Heroes isn’t based on servers, instead it throws you into an epic 100 player battle with a whole swathe of rewards to be earned. As well as the PvP element you’ll gain points for mining and hunting bosses.

Battlefield of Heroes scraps run every Tuesday and Friday from 21:00 to 22:00 server time. But there’s a whole lot more to the update as well. Read on for more. (more…)

Not that kind of cat fight. In this cartoon game the player creates an almost Rube Goldberg-esque fighting robot and battles other players creations. In a sort of jousting fashion, each player pushes to destroy the other players robot. This is an interesting departure for Zeptolab, the makers of the Cut The Rope franchise. A foray into the multiplayer world with a quirky, but fun game.

Vignettes - an artistic puzzle game that looks and plays amazingly well

I’m always a fan of something that takes an artistic slant toward gameplay. Vignettes does just that in a bright pastel color palette with a series of object puzzles and visual effects. To quote Skeleton Brothers, the makers:

Vignettes is a casual but unique exploration game without text or characters, where objects shapeshift as you spin them around to wander through a kaleidoscope of different moods and settings.

Orangepixel extends Meganoid franchise with Meganoid (2017)

We’re huge Orangepixel/Pascal Bestebroer fans at Slide To Play. The retro style, maddening hardness, and constant game release from them is just amazing. Meganoid (2017) is no exception. Taking the platformer that we know and love and expanding and extending it with so many new features and reasons to pull your hair out. A great updated game from great developer.

Card Thief is an RPG in a deck of cards

The follow up to Card Crawl is out now. Card Thief is an RPG-like solitaire card game with great finish and is a very fun quick play.

In Card Thief you move through a deck of cards as a stealthy thief. Sneak in the shadows, extinguish torches, pickpocket guards and steal valuable treasures without getting caught. In your thief hideout you can use your stolen goods to unlock powerful equipment cards. Each heist you can use 3 equipment cards to become a skillful master thief.

Half golf game, half platformer, Golf Zero entertains

Golf Zero is the kind of game that must have come out of a dare or a high. Combine a golf game with a platformer and throw in bullet time just for the heck of it. In the multiple holes the player has up to three shots to get the ball in the hole while jumping from platforms and generally shooting the ball (magically) while in the air. Not sure how that works, but this game, miraculously does work.

It’s inventive, fun, lots of levels, and best of all it’s free to play with ads.

Robot Circus brings turn based battler Ticket to Earth to mobile

Turn-based grid battler Ticket to Earth is finally out on mobile. I first saw this promising game what seems like a lifetime ago. In Ticket to Earth, the board grid is played like a strategic match-3 game. Connect the tiles to increase / trigger certain powers. The strategy involved is where the player under control ends up. Too close to the bad guys and they will strike. Too far and the player can’t strike them.

Ticket to Earth is a good strategy game that melds a couple styles that work well on mobile together. The game play time is a bit long for a casual player, but just right if you like strategy games and are willing to devote a little time in a play session.

Single button control games aren’t usually my thing. They generally lack any sort of replayability. But in this case it’s an design decision that actually works out well as it keep the game arcade-like. In Spinnywings you touch the screen to turn right, avoid other planes and gather balloons for power-ups, loot, and fuel. Arcade fun through and through.

Spin your way across the sky and collect balloons. Unlock loot crates and collect 10 different aircraft along with a ton of different boosts, paint schemes and streamers.

See how long you can resist the massed forces of Evil Air Corporation’s zeppelins, fighters, bombers, choppers and air mines!

Big Journey from Armor Games makes me wish ngmoco didn't implode

Big Journey is just about too cute. It’s a rolling fat cat that has to eat and grow as it rolls through a beautiful platformer. Quite an homage to Rolando and the days of past. It takes the simple premise of a rolling platformer and adds a few interesting twists to it while not making it too difficult.

A real cute one and worth picking up, even if it’s just to remember how great Rolando was and complain about it being gone.

One of 2016's best PC adventure games, out now on iOS - Oxenfree

Oxenfree is one of those games that doesn’t come along too often, and I’m glad it’s out now for iOS. A branching-type adventure game with multiple endings, amazing graphics, and a great story. If adventure games / point and click games are your type of thing, you should pick this up.

Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. Play as Alex, a bright, rebellious teenager who brings her new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight party on an old military island. The night takes a terrifying turn when you unwittingly open a ghostly gate spawned from the island’s cryptic past. How you deal with these events, your peers, and the ominous creatures you’ve unleashed is up to you.

Determine every aspect of Alex’s story while exploring Edwards Island, uncovering the base’s dark past, and changing the course of your friends’ lives.

Aftershock brings quick play to card battlers

Aftershock is the new title from Wonderspark that came out of the development of Give Me Fuel (soft launched last year). I’ve been watching the development for just about a year and it’s come a long way. The goal was to come up with a tactical / strategy game that could be played on mobile and in short play times. In this version a single player adventure mode has been added that, in a nice twist, uses location data and fitness records to tailor the characters abilities.

If you like strategy games, but hate the long playtimes, give this a shot.

Unique puzzle adventure game perfectly suited to touch screens

I first saw Mushroom 11 running on an iPad what must have been over two years ago. It’s perfectly suited to touch screen controls and feels foreign on desktop. But the current climate means indie developers marketing strategy, as dumb as it is, is to release on PC first. Lots of reasons to do so, but inability to figure out how to market to mobile users effectively is a big part of it. With the whole marketing strategy now being bring a PC game to mobile and people will pay a bit more.

Enough about that, how about this game. It’s a really well done puzzle game where the players multitouch pushes move an amoeba like blob through a series of levels. Really well done, very unique, and fun!

Kingdom: New Lands out on mobile, finally

Of all games I’ve played over the past year or more, I’ve played Kingdom and the New Lands expansion the most. I can best describe Kingdom as a one dimensional simulation game. The only way to move on the island is left/right while riding your mount. Along the way recruit troops, build an encampment and walls, defend your encampment, and try to get off the island. Remarkably simple, yet I have over 200 hours into the game, it’s very sticky and repeatable.

I’ve been beta testing the mobile version for a few months now and have come to love it more than the desktop version. I’m not 100% sure I agree with the way progress is saved on mobile (only at the dawn of a new day), but it’s has worked out well to save me a couple times. Well worth the download to see what a sim game can really be on mobile.

After the End is a beautiful story-based puzzle adventure

Nexon has released a very well done puzzle adventure in After the End: Forsaken Destiny. Great graphics and interesting and challenging puzzles. One of the the things that impressed me the most are the variety of the puzzles. From sound puzzles to memory puzzles, even arcade action puzzles. If you are looking for a new puzzle adventure — or maybe something light to quench your thirst for that new Zelda, give After the End a shot.

Escape prison in this open world simulation

The Escapists was a popular PC game that is now out on iOS. In this open world game with more than a little bit of a humor slant, the goal is to escape increasingly difficult prisons. Starting out in a cushy minimum security prison, gather items, craft and trade them to build what’s needed to escape. Each prison presents unique obstacles and there are multiple ways to escape each one. A very repeatable and fun game that works well on mobile. What took so long?

Evergrow is a polished and challenging puzzler

The premise of Evergrow is simple — combine the same color blocks to create a larger and larger square. The level based game play keeps the game from getting stale or too difficult too quickly. It all seems pretty standard, but something happened when I was playing the game, Evergrow grew on me. The little touches like haptic feedback, customization, and a great soundtrack set this apart from other simple puzzlers. Give it a shot!

Hidden Folks is a beautiful gem

Hidden Folks, the new Where’s Waldo? inspired seek and find game is a beautiful gem. With 14 hand drawn areas and hundreds of people to find, it’s amazing to play. Really nice on the iPad Pro as well. What makes this game even more special are all of the little touches, the interactions that give this game its charm.

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